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Lee Hoiby: The Italian Lesson cover
BMOP/sound
1091
Recording Release Date 
April 2023
SACD Recording 
SACD
Recording Length 
Disc 1: 68:08
  • Boston Modern Orchestra Project
  • Gil Rose, conductor

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Track listing

Disc 1 
Audio icon The Italian Lesson
Audio icon I. Signorina
Audio icon II. Mable Norton
Audio icon III. Jane
Audio icon IV. Miss Pounder
Audio icon V. Puppy
Audio icon VI. Count Bluffsky
Audio icon VII. Miss Swift
Audio icon VIII. Camilla
Audio icon IX. Miss Swift, cont'd
Audio icon X. The Lover
Audio icon Bon Appétit!
Audio icon "Today we're going to make a choc'late cake."
Audio icon "When you're going to do a cake, you really have to have a battle plan."
Audio icon "...and you put the yolk into the yolk bowl..."
Audio icon "And if it's hot, pour it in gradually."
Audio icon "Now ready to assemble the rest of the batter."
Audio icon "Watch them very carefully at this point. They'll puff up, then they sink down."
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